'Lightning Hopkins had what? two
riffs? they were wicked cool riffs though.'
Come on now, you don't really seriously believe that. :-)
I get your point, but your comparison is way off base.
Lightnin' had tons of tricks up his sleeve. Some of the bass
notes he would use over his chords borders on jazz, and that
was all country feel. That would be like saying Sonny Boy or
Big Walter had only two riffs, if you played those you could
fake the rest, quite an over simplification. When it comes to blues,
constant change within
the structure is what makes the language and music come to life.
HB
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